Immortal of the Nine Realms

”Impossible! How could you possibly possess Ye Qinghun!? The karma of her two lifetimes alone should be enough to keep you from even getting close!” Yu Feng blurted out instinctively.

Ye Qinghun looked at him and snorted. ”So what if she has karma from two lifetimes? What I cultivate is the True Immortal Possession Technique. Did you think the name was created for show?”

Everyone was stunned.

”True Immortal Possession Technique!”

Fang Chen asked curiously, ”You’re a True Immortal? From the Lesser Immortal Realm?”

Wasn’t it said that the Lesser Immortal Realm did not participate in the battle for the Taicang Realm? If this person were a powerhouse of the True King Clan, then the stance of the Lesser Immortal Realm would be highly unusual.

”The Lesser Immortal Realm? Even if they invited me, I wouldn’t bother going,” said Ye Qinghun with a faint smile, a trace of disdain in his tone. He then looked at Fang Chen with a hint of emotion. ”The method you used just now... that should be the Monarch Yan’s Sealing Art, right? It’s been many years since I’ve seen such a technique.”

The faces of Yu Feng and the others paled.

”Monarch Yan’s Sealing Art?”

That thing had resurfaced in the world? And they had just happened to encounter it?

The more they thought about it, the more it felt like their current state truly resembled Ghost Gods who had been formally sealed.

Then... this person is this generation’s Monarch Yan?

At this realization, Yu Feng and the others looked as if they had been force-fed something disgusting, their faces turning green.

Fang Chen picked up on something in that remark.

”Fellow Daoist Ye, when you said ’many years’ just now...”

”My original name is Zhou Wuchang, but with my current appearance... calling me Fellow Daoist Ye is fine.” Ye Qinghun sighed. ”I did indeed witness the Monarch Yan’s Sealing Art with my own eyes in the past. But back then, my soul was shattered into pieces. I barely managed to preserve a fragment, and after going through lifetime after lifetime of possession and reincarnation, I can no longer clearly remember the details.”

”You’re saying... you’re a True Immortal from the era of the Three Realm Upheaval?” Yu Feng asked gravely.

Ye Qinghun smiled. ”Do I not look like it?”

Yu Feng and the others grew even more solemn. A True Immortal from the era of the Three Realm Upheaval who had survived countless reincarnations. He had most likely been an eighth-transformation True Immortal in his previous life.

”Fellow Daoist Ye, did you possess a demon because of the battle in Taicang Realm?” Fang Chen asked with curiosity.

”Not really. It was more of a coincidence. But an even greater coincidence is that I had only possessed this body for a few years before you killed me,” replied Ye Qinghun, chuckling. ”Fortunately, I’ve seen a lot in my time. I recognized that you are the current Monarch Yan, so since I was going to die anyway, I figured I might as well help you out. And I have to say, these juniors are quite easy to fool. With just a few words, I managed to get them to spill everything.”

Yu Feng’s face turned ashen as he sneered, ”If not for Monarch Yan’s Sealing Art, how could you have extracted anything from me?”

Ye Qinghun’s smile deepened. ”Even without it, I, Ye Qinghun, could have dragged these words out of you all the same. At worst, I’d have to sacrifice a bit of my beauty. After all, it’s not my original body. I’m not particularly concerned about it.”

Yu Feng was startled. Everyone was rendered speechless.

There had indeed been a hint of romantic tension between the two before, but now that Ye Qinghun’s true soul turned out to be male, this whole situation felt rather awkward.

”This fellow Daoist, you should send them on their way now. I reckon they’ve already spilled everything they know. There’s no point in asking further,” Ye Qinghun said with a smile to Fang Chen.

Hearing this, Fang Chen proceeded to question Yu Feng and the others once more. This time, he encountered only minor resistance. They answered everything he asked.

After half a day, Fang Chen gathered a bit more intelligence, though it was mostly insignificant and had little impact on the overall battle situation. For example, information about certain highly talented individuals among the awakened demons who were held in great expectations, as well as some minor details regarding troop deployments along this battlefront.

”Oh, right, you’ve been cooperating with the Motian Division. Tell me about them,” Fang Chen said casually.

”The Motian Division? They act in secrecy. That one called Motian Dizang has never personally shown himself. The strongest Motian Division expert our race has encountered is only at the Venerable level.” Yu Feng said calmly. ”They cooperate with us because our race possesses a certain Yin artifact that plays an important role in their attempt to reclaim the Lesser Underworld.”

”Who holds this Yin artifact?” Fang Chen asked.

”I don’t know. You’re the current Monarch Yan, don’t you know? Everything in the Underworld should belong to you.” Yu Feng sneered. ”Ah, right. After the Three Realms Upheaval, your Underworld was crushed by our race. Even the Monarch Yan of that time died a miserable death. As for you, you can’t even be considered orthodox. More than half of the territory of the Floating Pagoda Realm is now under the control of the Motian Division. If you ask me, that Motian Dizang, the peerless Heavenly Demon, is the true Monarch Yan. You’re just one in name.”

”Is that so? Can he control the Lesser Underworld?” Fang Chen asked casually.

Yu Feng fell silent for a few moments and then changed the subject. ”So you used Monarch Yan’s methods to open a path to the Yellow Springs here?”

Fang Chen smiled. ”That’s not something you need to know. I have my own methods.”

Yu Feng said thoughtfully, ”Whether I know or not doesn’t matter. How many Yellow Springs Roads can you open? What our race has sealed off is the entire Upper Three Realms. Even the various constellations of the Lower Six Realms have been completely sealed by us. Even if you command billions of Yin soldiers, it will be difficult for them to make any impact.”

Ye Qinghun chuckled. ”They’re clearly traumatized by the previous Monarch Yan. I vaguely remember that former Monarch Yan led countless Yin soldiers... She almost single-handedly turned the entire war around. Those unpredictable, elusive methods were truly impossible to guard against. In a single day, she could descend upon over a hundred different battlefields. Tell me, who in the world could accomplish such a feat?”

Yu Feng and the others looked displeased, but they had to admit it.

”Unfortunately, in the end, your Underworld was still crushed by our race,” Yu Feng jeered coldly.

Ye Qinghun laughed. ”And then your own Underworld was destroyed by that same Monarch Yan, leaving you unable to reincarnate at all, forced to sneak yourselves into the Nine Mortal Realms.”

He turned to Fang Chen. ”That former Monarch Yan used a strategy of mutual destruction. It may look like we suffered greatly, but they weren’t much better off. I’d wager that Monarch Yan is still within the demon race’s territory, personally sealing off their path of reincarnation.”

”Impossible!” Yu Feng shouted. ”The Monarch Yan here is long dead!”

”That’s right! The previous Monarch Yan was already suppressed by our race’s experts and had her soul completely annihilated. There’s no way she’s still alive! They’re just trying to shake our resolve with these claims.”

The awakened demons all scoffed at Ye Qinghun’s claims.

Ye Qinghun sneered. ”Is it really that hard to admit that others are stronger?

That former Monarch Yan achieved enlightenment through the Yin path. If the position of Heavenly Dao hadn’t already been taken, she would have been more than qualified to become the Heavenly Dao itself. A powerhouse of that level, your race’s so-called half-step Heavenly Dao expert thinks you can kill her? What a joke. If not for the Heavenly Dao here secretly using you as a knife and favoring your side, the Three Realm Upheaval would never have happened in the first place.”

Fang Chen’s expression turned grave, his thoughts surging like waves.

The information Ye Qinghun had revealed this time was of immense importance.

The previous Monarch Yan... was still alive? And had personally sealed off the demon race’s cycle of reincarnation?